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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Laura Stavridis, wife of U.S. Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis, receives flowers during the change-of-command ceremony in which U.S. Air Force Gen. Phllip M. Breedlove succeeds the retiring Stavridis as commander of U.S. European Command at Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, May 10, 2013.

Laura Stavridis, wife of U.S. Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis, receives flowers during the change-of-command ceremony in which U.S. Air Force Gen. Phllip M. Breedlove succeeds the retiring Stavridis as commander of U.S. European Command at Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, May 10, 2013.

Laura Stavridis, wife of U.S. Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis, receives flowers during the change-of-command ceremony in which U.S. Air Force Gen. Phllip M. Breedlove succeeds the retiring Stavridis as commander of U.S. European Command at Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, May 10, 2013.

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